Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 44,874, Elisha Gary, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Gary, Elisha
S. 44874
CONTENTS

St. 864
New York.
Elisha Gary.
of Whitehall in the state of New York who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Smith of the Massachusetts line, for the term of two years. War
Subscribed on the roll of New York at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 14 th of April, 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 22 nd of Sept. 1819 and sent to W. H. Parker, Esq. Whitehall, New York.
Arrears to 4th of Sep r 1819. 16 mos. 21/30. 133. 60 Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 th March 1820. 48. 00
$181:60
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued
Information sent October 28. 1820 to Samuel Lake (Barnes) New York.

State of New York
Genesee County, p
Uriah Mespenger being duly sworn on the holy evangelist of Almighty God say, That he is positive of the services of Elisha Gary in the war of the Revolution - that he was present at Stockbridge in the County of Berkshire and State of Massachusetts at the time said Gary enlisted - that he saw him in the service of the Army of the revolution at different times in Col. Smith's regiment of the Massachusetts line this deponent belonging to Captain Frothingham's company of Artillery a part of the time and was transferred into Captain Johnson's company of Artillery and this deponent well remembers being present when the said Gary was discharged at West Point in December 1783 - That he saw said Gary in the army of the revolution in the years 1781 1782 and 1783 and has frequently seen him since and is confident it is the same Elisha Gary he saw in the army aforesaid
The mark of Uriah Mespenger
Genesee County ss. on the 16 th day of August 1879 came before me Elijah Hawley one of the judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the said County Uriah Mespenger above named and after being duly sworn subscribed the above affidavit in my presence by making his mark and I do further certify that the said Uriah Mespenger is a creditable witness,
Elijah Hawley Judge as aforesaid

Affidavit for E. Gary of N. Mepunga

State of New York Genesee County
ss. J. Simeon Cummings. Clerk of the County aforesaid do hereby certify that Elijah Harvey by whom the within affidavit appears to have been taken. was on the day of the day of the date of the same, a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County, & that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said Judge, and Verily believe the signature of "Elijah Harvey" subscribed to the same Officially, to be in the own proper hand writing of the said Judge.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said County this 19 th day of August. A.D. 1829.
Simeon Cummings Clk by R. C. Cosemead Dep.
affidavit for E. Harvey of N. Stephenson

14 April 1818
Elisha Gary
Pension claim
Proof of service is wanted - the depo- sition of a credible witness will be received -
See the Disposition of
Upham M'Phegsy Awarded
M. H. Walker
Admitted.
Forwarded by Mr. H. Parker of Whitehall Washington City New York

[No. 1 Declaration]
State of New York
Washington County, ss to wit -
I Elisha Gary - of the Town of Whitehall in the County of Washington and State of New York Do according to the Act of Congress of the United States of America entitled "An Act to provide "for certain persons engaged in the land and naval ser- "vice of the United States in the revolutionary war" make the following Declaration under oath, that is to say - I do Solemnly Declare that I was on the eighteenth day of March last and now am a resi- -dent Citizen of the United States to wit in the Town County, and State aforesaid And that by reason of my reduced circumstances in life I am in need of assistance from my country for support - I do further Declare that I was a private Soldier - in the war of the Revolution and that I served as such in the War of the revolution on the Continent - tal establishment against the Common enemy until the end of the War for the term of two years and nine months or more That I belonged to the Company commanded by Captain Japhet MacDonald or McDaniel in the Sixth Massachusetts Regiment Com- manded by Col. Smith and in the line of Massachu- -setts Infantry And I do further  Declare that I entered into the said service on or about the first day of March in the Year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty one And left the said services on or about the Eighth day of December in

Feb. 11. 1880 No. 195 P. 008  the Year one thousand Seven hundred and Eighty three having left the same by reason of the said War having ended being nearly three months previous to the expiration of my time of enlistment and received an honorable Discharge from the said service - And I do further declare that not consider- ing my said Discharge of any use to me I have more than thirty years ago carelessly mislaid the same whereby the same has become lost or destroyed by reason whereof I cannot now produce it - And I do further declare that I hereby relinquish all claim to any and every Pension allowed me by the Laws of the United States or of any individual State previous to the eighteenth day of March last - Witness My hand this fourteenth day of April - in the Year one thousand eight hundred and Eighteen - Witness - Elisha Gary Daniel Earl N. H. Parker
[ No. 2... Judges Certificate ]  State of New York } Washington County } to wit -
Be it Remembered that on the fourteenth - day of April in the Year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and Eighteen at the Town of Whitehall - in the County of Washington and State of New York Before me Jonathan Wood - Esquire one of the Judges of the Court of Com- mon Pleas in and for the County of Washington in the said State duly appointed qualified and sworn (the same

mon Plead in and for the County of Washington in the said State duly appointed qualified and sworn (the same
3 Court being one of the Courts of Record of the said State, personally came and appeared the before named Applicant Elisha Gary who resides in the Town County and State men- tioned in the above Declaration and in my presence subscribed the foregoing Declaration and also before me then and there he was duly sworn to the truth of the facts contained and set forth in the said De- claration. And it appearing to my satisfaction as well from the said Declaration under oath as from such other evidence as was in the power of the said Applicant to produce, that the said Applicant served in the revo- lutionary War as aforesaid against the Common enemy and that the Declaration aforesaid under oath of the said Applicant is in all other respects true. I do therefore Certify and transmit the Testimony in the case, consisting of the aforesaid Declaration under oath and the affidavit of Daniel Earl hereunto annexed together with the proceedings had thereon to the Honorable the Secretary of the De- partment of War according to the requisitions of the Act of Congress in that Case made —
Given under my hand and Seal at the Town of Whitehall - in the County of Washington and State of New York the Day and year first above written in this certificate — Jonathan Doolittle Judge

I Daniel Shepherd — Clerk of the County of Washington in the State of New York do hereby certify that Jonathan Wood by whom the foregoing certificate, and before whom the annexed affidavit was made, was on the fourteenth day of April Instant — a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Washington and State of New York acting under the Authority of this State and that, the above is his signature and also the annexed is his signature —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Affixed the Seal of the said Court
this twenty second day of April 1818
D Shepherd Clerk
Certificate of Reduced Circumstances
State of New York } Washington County } ss
I Jonathan Wood Judge as aforesaid do hereby certify in addition to the foregoing, that it hath been Satisfactorily proved to me by the Oath of Daniel Earl Esq. a person to me well known that the above named applicant Elisha Gary, is in very reduced circumstances and unable to support himself by labour and that he stands in need of the assistance of his country for support And I the said Judge do certify that I believe the above facts to be true — Given under my hand
at Hartford this sixteenth day of December A.D. 1818
Jonathan Wood one of the Judges of Washington Com-pleas

State of New York 5 Washington County } B
of New York Washington County } } B Daniel Carr of the town of Whitehall in the County and State aforesaid being duly sworn doth Depose and say that he has for more than Twenty - years been well acquainted with Elisha Gary who made and subscribed the Declaration under oath, hereunto annexed. the same being subscribed and sworn to by the said Elisha in his presence - and that the said Elisha is a credible Witness - and further this Deponent further saith not -
I certify that the above affidavit was sworn to and Subscribed by Daniel Earl before Me the fourteenth day of April 1818 And further that the said Daniel Earl is a Credible Witness
Daniel East
Jonathan Ward Judge

Whitehall Wash. by. N.Y. April 25 th 1818
The Honorable Secretary of the War Department
Sir I will thank you to forward to me the Certificate of the within appli- -cation being granted, or if refused, what other proceedings are necessary, according to the manner adopted in your Department
I have the honor to be very respectfully Your most Obedient Servt.
W. H. Parker
Agent for the Applicant
14 April 1818
Ebenezer Gage
Prisoner claim
Proof of service is required: the depo- -sition of a credible witness will be received
See the Disposition of
which may be found in Mr. [illegible]
Admitted
Forwarded by W. H. Parker of Whitehall Washington City
New York

Elisha Gary. Property - $66.60
Ex.
16864
March 1820
C

S. Cummings

A T a court of Common Pleas held at the Court-House in the village of Batavia, in and for the county of Genesee, in the State of New-York; on the fifteenth day of June — of the term of June 1820, being a Court of Record, in pursuance of the 41st article of the Constitution of the state of New-York, which has unlimited jurisdiction, keeps records of its proceedings, and has immemorially exercised the power of sue and imprisonment.
Present, the Hon. John H. Jones - Isaac Wilson - Richard Smith & Moses Hayden, Judges.
GENESEE COUNTY, ss. —On this fifteenth day of June 1820, personally appeared in open Court, (being a Court of Record,) Elisha Gary aged fifty seven years, resident of the town of Shelby in said county, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows:— Three Years served in Capt M c Donals Company - in Col. Smiths 6 th Massachusetts Regiment . Discharged in Dec r 1783. his Original Declaration dated the 14 th of April 1818 - and his Pension Certificate is numbered 14.864 . And I do solemnly swear that I have
And I do solemnly swear, that I was a resident Citizen of the United States, on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner whatever, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," passed on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts, or debts, due to me; nor have I any income, other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed."
Schedule or Inventory
Real Estate I have none —
Personal property -

 1. Milk pan  2. Large Brown Earthen Bowls  1. Quart Bowl  2. Small Earthen Platters  1. Earthen Crock  3. Old plates -  2. Tea Cups  1. Pint Mug  6. Knives & Forks 
I have a Debt of Six Dollars due from Cornelius Ashton $6.00 do - from James Walworth. 1.75
The above Debts are doubtful $7.75
I have Cash now on hand, being a balance of my pension Money. about $30.00
Which I shall be obliged to pay out immediately for provisions & necessaries for my Family. —
And the Deponent further says his occupation is a cooper, that he is able to do considerable work in the shop, but is greatly troubled with a rheumatic complaint, which at times renders him unable to do any kind of labor, that he has a wife Mary aged forty two years, who is a very weakly woman, that he has the following Children living with him viz. Rufus, aged 17 Years - Suliza, aged 12 Years, Emerit aged 9 Years, Sally aged 4 Years, Samma aged One Year. That his wearing apparel, for the family, and Bedding - do not exceed forty five Dollars in value
is not sufficient for the absolute necessity of his family
Sworn and subscribed the 15 th day of June 1820
Elisha Gary
Before me
S. Cummings, Clerk of Gen. Com. Pleas in open court. —
June A.D. — 1820.
S. Cummings
Clerk of the Court for the county of Genesee.

 1. Milk pan  2. Large Brown Earthen Bowls  1. Quart Bowl  2. Small Earthen Platters  1. Earthen Crock  3. Old plates -  2. Tea Cups  1. Pint Mug  6. Knives & forks 
I have a Debt of Six Dollars due from Cornelius Ashton $ 6.00 do from James Walworth. 1.75
The above Debts are doubtful $ 7.75
I have Cash now on hand, being a balance of my pension money. about $ 30.00
Which I shall be obliged to pay out immediately for provisions & necessaries for my Family. —
And the Deponent further says his occupation is a cooper, that he is able to do considerable work in the shop, but is greatly troubled with a rheumatic complaint, which at times renders him unable to do any kind of labor, that he has a wife Mary aged forty two years, who is a very weakly woman, that he has the following children living with him viz. Rufus, aged 17 Years - Suliza, aged 12 Years, Emerit aged 9 Years, Sally aged 4 Years, Samma aged One Year. That his wearing apparel, for the family, and Bedding - do not exceed forty five Dollars in value
is not sufficient for the absolute necessity of his family Sworn and subscribed the 15 th day of June 1820 Elisha Gary
I Simeon Cuming Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the county of Genesee, do hereby certify that the foregoing oath (or affirmation) and the schedule thereto annexed, are truely copied from the record of the said court; and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said court that the total amount in value of property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is Sixty Six dollars and sixty cents.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court, on this seventeenth day of June A.D. — 1820.
S. Cuming Clerk of the Court for the county of Genesee.

Simon Cummings Clerk of the Court of Common pleas in and for the County of Genesee do hereby certify that the foregoing oath (or affirmation) and the Schedule thereto annexed are truly Copied from the Record of said Court, and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the amount in value of the property contained in the aforesaid Schedule is sixty six Dollars & sixty Cents —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the said Court on this 18 th day of August 1820. —
S. Cummings

44874 INVALID
Rev
File No. 44874
Elisha Larry Harry
Prin. Rev. Noar
Act: 18 th March 1818
Index:—Vol. 3, Page 187
[Arrangement of 1870.]